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The Cartagena Labour Court (Ruling No 5172011) was not convinced that the plaintiff employee had created a fake profile of the company's director on a social networking site, sent invitations to other employees, and published a number of defamatory comments about the company just to make a joke

The Finance and Economy Ministry Order EHA25282011 of 24 September 2011 has opened a proceeding to designate certification entities with respect to (i) gambling software andor (ii) the security of information systems of the operators in the online gambling sector

The two upcoming Royal Decrees developing the Spanish Gambling Act, which have not yet been passed, will regulate, on one hand, gambling licences, authorizations and registers, and, on the other hand, the technical requirements for gambling activities

A Spanish listed gaming company which operates traditional bingo halls, betting shops and casinos in various countries has initiated a legal action on the basis of unlawful and unfair competition to force a Gibraltar-based online gaming company to drop its sponsorship of a Spanish football club and cease advertising in Spain

The Mercantile Court number 7 of Madrid (the Court) has held that YouTube complies with the duty to cooperate with the IP rights holders through the detecting, reporting and verification systems that YouTube has implemented on its website, which allow the concerned third parties to control any potential infringements of their IP rights

The Organización de Consumidores y Usuarios (OCU), after conducting a comparative study between Spain, Germany, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Italy and the UK, reached the conclusion that prices for triple play packages in Spain are far higher than those in other countries